Twenty-four years later, France lastly obtained revenge for what Vince Carter did to Frederic Weis.
Within the second quarter of Crew USA’s gold-medal matchup with France Saturday, Guerschon Yabusele detonated on LeBron James, delivering an enormous slam dunk over basketball royalty.
James arguably took a authorized cost on the play, planting his toes simply outdoors the cost circle, however Yabusele completely threw the ball down with authority. The previous Boston Celtic has been a standout in these Olympics, averaging 12.8 factors and taking pictures 55 p.c.
Within the gold-medal sport, Yabusele had a game-high 15 factors on the half as France trailed Crew USA, 49-41. Crew USA is enormously outshooting France from past the arc, going 9-of-20 on three-pointers to France’s 3-of-16 effort, however Yabusele and firm are taking pictures 63.6 on two-pointers, with quite a lot of dunks.
Again in 2000, Carter delivered one of many best dunks of all time, Olympics or in any other case. Enjoying France and Weis, a first-round choose of the New York Knicks the earlier summer time, Carter stole a move and dunked over the 7-foot-2 Frenchman.
Yabusele is underneath contract with Actual Madrid till 2025, although he’s expressed curiosity in a reunion with the Celtics.
